When comparing The Linux Experiment vs Blender guru, the Slant community recommends Blender guru for most people. In the question“What are the best educational channels on YouTube?” Blender guru is ranked 17th while The Linux Experiment is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose Blender guru is:
[Andrew Price](http://www.blenderguru.com/about/), the author behind Blender guru, has been using Blender since 2004. He started Blender Guru in 2009, and now works with Blender3D as his day job as well. His work/tutorials are very well know.
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Pros
Pro Level headed
Makes his own, often just, opinions on things and doesn't follow a mob mentality.
Pro Very friendly
Just seems like a very friendly guy.
Pro Monthly Linuxy-news recaps
Pro Well spoken
Pro Professional approach to the subject matter
Pro Easy to understand
He is clear to understand.
Pro Written by experienced & well known Blender artist
Andrew Price, the author behind Blender guru, has been using Blender since 2004. He started Blender Guru in 2009, and now works with Blender3D as his day job as well.
His work/tutorials are very well know.
Pro Covers a variety of topics
There are tutorials for themes, textures, and helpful advice (such as how to recover lost work).
Pro Frequently updated
The site is updated with a new tutorial every month or so.
Cons
Con Embraces proprietary software in some cases
Gaming centric platforms like Steam game library.
Con Very specific solutions
If you want to learn to solve very specific problems in specific ways, BlenderGuru's tutorials are great. If what you want is to know how to do certain things in general (make materials, sculpt, etc.), and make yourself a solid 3D hobbyist or professional, then you should look for a more generalized resource.
Con Sometimes physically inaccurate
Not all of his techniques are physically accurate, even when he makes a point of the importance of physical accuracy. This is especially true with scale. 1 BU = 1m
Con Very expensive
Full courses are very expensive, especially considering most of the topics can be found for free on YouTube.